New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

The Kemp Lab, located in the newly renovated Bacon Hall, focuses on coastal stratigraphy and the reconstruction of sea levels ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use sediments and fossils to roughly reconstruct how sea levels changed over ...

"The 20th century rise was extraordinary in the context of the last three millennia — and the rise over the last two decades has been even faster," said Robert Kopp, study lead author and an associate ...

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an ...

A new study published in Science Advances revisits one of the most extreme events in Earth’s geological history - the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), when the Mediterranean Sea became almost entirely ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jul 17, 2025, 08:31am EDT Jul 17, 2025, 12:35pm EDT Climate curve ...